Rajasthan Royals vs Kolkata Knight Riders LIVE Scorecard, IPL 2025 LIVE: KKR’s Quinton De Kock On Fire, Puts RR Bowlers Under Pressure

RR vs KKR Live: SIX!

A short of length ball from Jofra Archer and that has been pulled away by Quinton de Kock for a biggie. That went to wide of deep mid-wicket for a six. A crunching sound came when the ball hit the bat. De Kock is on the move!

KKR 19/0 (2.5)

RR vs KKR Live: Another good over!

Spin was introduced in just the second over and Maheesh Theekshana was the man for KKR. He conceded five runs in it. Quinton de Kock hit a four on the second ball of the over but Theekshana made a really good comeback after that.

KKR 7/0 (2)

RR vs KKR Live Score: Superb start!

Just two runs came off the first over from Jofra Archer. He bowled six dot balls to Moeen Ali and the two runs came as wides down the leg side. “Top over,” said former India player Murali Kartik on-air. Indeed!

KKR 2/0 (1)

RR vs KKR Live: The chase begins!

Jofra Archer starts with a fiery swinging delivery. That missed the outside edge of Moeen Ali’s bat. Quinton de Kock is at the other end of the wicket.

RR vs KKR Live: Surface “holding a bit”, informs Chakravarthy

“Today was a good wicket for me. It was holding a bit. It wasn’t turning square but it was just holding a bit and I could stick to my lengths. (On Mooen Ali) It’s great to have him. He had to turn up so quickly because it was on short notice we got to know that Sunny (Narine) was not well. The way he turned up so quickly was amazing. (On chasing 152) We couldn’t have asked for better. The pitch is slow, some smart batting will help. He was looking in great touch, Riyan. The six he hit off me, I just thought the ball I bowled previously was a little short and I just wanted to stay a little more fuller and see what’s happening with the pitch, it just got the edge,” said Varun Chakravarthy at the innings break.

RR vs KKR Live: Rajasthan Royals post 151 for 9!

13 runs came off Spencer Johnson’s final over and Rajasthan Royals have got a fighting total on the board. Given the nature of the surface, this is not a low total, for sure! The pitch is slow and disciplined bowling could keep RR in the game.

RR 151/9 (20)

RR vs KKR Live: SIX!

Big hit from Jofra Archer for a six. That goes over the deep mid-wicket. Spencer Johnson continues to be expensive even in his last over of the spell. A couple comes on the next ball and RR are only three runs away from 150.

RR 147/8 (19.2)

RR vs KKR Live: OUT!

Dhruv Jurel has played the Harshit Rana delivery on his stumps and that is the end of a gritty knock. He departs after scoring 33 runs off 28 balls. Rajasthan Royals’ aim of getting past the 150-run mark gets a blow.

RR 131/7 (18.1)

RR vs KKR Live: Laughter around!

17.4 – It was a powerful drive from Dhruv Jurel but was blocked by Shimron Hetmyer. Luckily there was no injury and it all ended in a laugh as Hetmyer jumped in order to save himself but abruptly fell on the ground after the ball hit him. The Windies batter was laughing while lying on the floor.

RR vs KKR Live: FOUR!

That is a beautiful cover drive from Dhruv Jurel for a four. Rinku Singh gave a run in the deep but failed to reach to the ball. With the four, Jurel moved to 32 off 23 balls. A total of 11 runs came off the Harshit Rana over.

RR 123/6 (17)

RR vs KKR Live: Brilliant bowling!

Only two runs came off Varun Chakravarthy’s final over and that sees him end his quota of four overs. He returned figures of 2 for 17. Brilliant spell this was from KKR’s trustworthy spinner. Four more overs left in the innings, RR should try to get past 150.

RR 112/6 (16)

RR vs KKR Live: FOUR and OUT!

A full toss outside off stump from Vaibhav Arora and Shubham Dubey hit it for a four through the point. Arora made a brilliant comeback on the next ball as he shortened his length and the ball went right into the hands of Andre Russell at deep point.

RR 110/6 (15)

RR vs KKR Live: Back-to-back FOURS!

Dhruv Jurel has hit two consecutive fours to Harshit Rana. The first one was a risky cut shot that missed the hands of flying wicketkeeper Quinton de Kock, while the second one went through the fine leg. That also saw RR reaching the 100-run mark.

RR 100/5 (13.2)

RR vs KKR Live: KKR in command!

Kolkata Knight Riders are right on top of this game. Dhruv Jurel and Shubham Dubey, the batters in the middle, are new to the crease, having played 15 balls together. RR need a solid partnership from the duo in order to get to a competitive total.

RR 92/5 (13)

RR vs KKR Live: OUT!

Moeen Ali gets another wicket. He is proving to be too crucial here for KKR! The off-spinner bowled it slow and got really good turn off the surface. The ball spun and hit the stumps of Nitish Rana. RR are in all sorts of trouble here!

RR 82/5 (11)

RR vs KKR Live: WICKET!

Wanindu Hasaranga is OUT! Rajasthan Royals’ idea of sending the spin bowling all-rounder up the order has not worked. Hasaranga wanted to create room for himself and hit it for a biggie. He ended up giving an easy catch. That is wicket number 2 for Varun Chakaravarthy.

RR 76/4 (9.5)

RR vs KKR Live: OUT!

What a waste of an opportunity from Yashasvi Jaiswal! He has thrown his wicket away despite getting lucky on several occasions previously in this innings. Moeen Ali gets the wicket as Jaiswal hit the ball into the hands of long-on. He departs for 29 off 24 balls.

RR 69/3 (8.4)

RR vs KKR Live: SIX and OUT!

Varun Chakaravarthy was hit for a massive six by Riyan Parag on the third ball of his first over and he took just two balls to make a comeback. A dot ball and Parag’s wicket on the next ball followed. The stand-in RR captain got a toe-end of his bat and wicketkeeper Quinton de Kock took a really good catch. 

RR 67/2 (7.5)

RR vs KKR Live: Introduction of spin!

Moeen Ali bowled the first over of spin in the game and conceded just five runs in it. No boundary came in the over, only five singles. There comes Varun Chakravarthy to bowl the next over. A wicket loading?

RR 59/1 (7)

RR vs KKR Live Score Updates: 50 up for RR!

A friendly full toss from Vaibhav Arora outside off stump and Yashasvi Jaiswal slams it over the extra cover for a six. He now moves to 25 off 17 balls. Jaiswal has been lucky so far on muliple times tonight, he must make it count. 13 runs came off the over.

RR 54/1 (6)

RR vs KKR Live Score: Dropped!

Harshit Rana has dropped the catch of Yashasvi Jaiswal! It was a sloer ball from the KKR batter and Jaiswal hit it towards hte bowler, but Rana failed to take the catch. How costly could this drop be for KKR?

RR 41/1 (5)

RR vs KKR Live: SIX!

That is a good shot from Riyan Parag for a six. It was coming into him and the batter pulled it away over the square leg fence for a biggie. Runs continue to come for Rajasthan Royals.

RR 40/1 (4.2)

RR vs KKR Live Updates: OUT!

There is the first breakthrough for KKR! Vaibhav Arora has rattled the stumps as Sanju Samson missed the ball completely. He is gone for 13 off 11 balls. Arora is fired up. He is celebrating that wicket with great aggression. RR are one down.

RR 33/1 (3.5)

RR vs KKR Live: SIX!

An overpitched delivery from Spencer Johnson and Yashasvi Jaiswal finally gets one from the middle of his bat. He played and missed too many deliveries before hitting this massive six towards the cow corner. A dot ball follows. 12 came off the over.

RR 26/0 (3)

RR vs KKR Live: Samson in good touch!

Five runs came off Vaibhav Arora’s first over. Sanju Samson continues to perform how he fared in the first game. He is looking good so far. KKR pacers are getting good swing in their bowling and have troubled both the RR openers. A wicket only seems like a matter of time for them.

RR 14/0 (2)

RR vs KKR Live: FOUR!

A fuller ball outside off stump and Sanju Samson has carved it away for a four. It was bowled fuller from Spencer Johnson and Samson slammed it through the backward point for the boundary. Nine runs came off the over. RR batters were careful yet got good runs in it.

RR 9/0 (1)

RR vs KKR Live: FOUR!

First ball and Yashasvi Jaiswal is lucky there! It was a short ball from Spencer Johnson and Jaiswal pulled it. Got a big edge and the ball flew over the wicketkeeper for a four.

RR vs KKR Live: Match begins!

Yashasvi Jaiswal is on the strike, Sanju Samson is at the other end. Spencer Johnson has the new ball in hand. Here we go…

RR vs KKR Live Updates: Big change for KKR!

Sunil Narine, who is not playing tonight’s game, has a century to his name against Rajasthan Royals. He has slammed 109 off 56 balls against RR last year. How big the miss could be for Kolkata Knight Riders tonight? 

RR vs KKR Live: Impact subs –

Kolkata Knight Riders Impact Subs: Anrich Nortje, Manish Pandey, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Anukul Roy, Luvnith Sisodia.

Rajasthan Royals Impact Subs: Kunal Singh Rathore, Shubham Dubey, Akash Madhwal, Kumar Kartikeya, Kwena Maphaka.

RR vs KKR Live Updates: Here are the playing XIs –

Rajasthan Royals (Playing XI): Yashasvi Jaiswal, Sanju Samson, Nitish Rana, Riyan Parag(c), Dhruv Jurel(w), Shimron Hetmyer, Wanindu Hasaranga, Jofra Archer, Maheesh Theekshana, Tushar Deshpande, Sandeep Sharma

Kolkata Knight Riders (Playing XI): Coming…

RR vs KKR Live: Parag “very humled” to lead RR

“Very proud, very humbled (to be leading RR). The middle-order really stepped up. A lot of positives with the ball as well. One change. Hasaranga comes in, Farooqi steps out,” said RR’s stand-in captain Riyan Parag.

RR vs KKR Live: Narine is unwell, informs Rahane

“We’ll look to bowl first. The wicket looks good. Dew factor is huge here. It’s about staying positive and playing fearlessly. We learnt a lot from the previous game. Sunil Narine misses out, he’s not well. Moeen Ali comes in,” said KKR captain Ajinkya Rahane at the toss.

RR vs KKR Live Updates: KKR opt to bowl!

Kolkata Knight Riders captain Ajinkya Rahane has won the toss and opted to bowl against Rajasthan Royals in their IPL 2025 match in Guwahati. In a big change in KKR’s playing XI, Moeen Ali has replaced Sunil Narine.

RR vs KKR Live Updates: RR bowlers eye comeback

The likes of Jofra Archer, who bowled the most expensive spell in the history of IPL against SRH, Fazalhaq Farooqi and Maheesh Theekshana were rudderless against the onslaught of Travis Head and Ishan Kishan. Archer had leaked 76 runs from his overs at the Uppal. But they have an opportunity in Guwahati to regain their form.

RR vs KKR Live: Other KKR batters need to improve

KKR’s middle-order batting crumbled spectacularly after skipper Ajinkya Rahane and Narine gave them a blistering start, eventually settling for a sub-par score. Their batting pivots such as Venkatesh Iyer and Andre Russell got out, playing pre-determined cross-batted shots, and KKR will hope that they will show more game awareness in Guwahati. The Knight Riders will also hope that Rinku Singh regains his hitting prowess down the order. It is crucial in converting a good total into something more intimidating in nature

RR vs KKR Live Updates: Focus on Nortje’s fitness

They will also keep an eye on the fitness of Anrich Nortje, who is recovering from a back strain. If the South African gets a green signal from the physios, then he will walk in for Spencer Johnson. The latter failed to make an impact during the side’s opening match vs RCB.

RR vs KKR Live Updates: Chakravarthy’s poor start to IPL 2025

Apart from Sunil Narine, none of the KKR bowlers were able to contain free-flowing RCB batters, and in that the demystification of mystery spinner Varun Chakravarthy might just worry them a bit. Even on an Eden Gardens pitch that had some grip, Chakravarthy was given a towelling by Phil Salt and Virat Kohli. The KKR camp now hopes that the spinner will find his stride on a Guwahati pitch that generally has some bite.

RR vs KKR Live: Changes expected!

Kolkata Knight Riders were beaten by seven wickets by Royal Challengers Bengaluru in the tournament-opener while the Rajasthan Royals were given a 44-run drubbing by Sunrisers Hyderabad. The common theme in those defeats was how the seemingly powerful batting and bowling units of KKR and RR failed to fire. Changes in the squads of both the teams could take place for tonight’s game.

RR vs KKR Live Updates: Both teams search for 1st win!

Both Rajasthan Royals and Kolkata Knight Riders suffered defeats at the hands of Sunrisers Hyderabad and Royal Challengers Bengaluru in their respective opening game of the tournament. The sides are thus still in search of their first win.